WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump centered on immigration with "angel families," those that misplaced family members to violence perpetrated by undocumented immigrants.
"You never hear this side," Trump stated. "These are the American citizens permanently separated from their loved ones."
Laura Wilkerson misplaced her 18-year-old son, Josh Wilkerson, in 2010 when he was tortured and crushed to loss of life by an unlawful immigrant.
"His last hours were brutal," Wilkerson recalled. "None of our kids had a minute to say goodbye... I'll see him again in heaven."
Ray Tranchant's 16-year-old daughter, Tessa, misplaced her life in 2007 after she was hit by a drunk driver.
"He was three times the legal limit," stated Tranchant. "It was an explosion. Neighbors thought a bomb went off."
Tranchant also stated that the motive force was in the nation illegally, had a pretend driver's license and was beforehand arrested for DUI.
"We'll not rest until our border is secure, our citizens are safe and we end this immigration crisis once and for all," Trump stated. "Your loved ones have not died in vain."
The White House cited a 2011 Government Accountability Office report which discovered practically three million offenses tied to prison aliens.
The report provides that in Texas, "more than 250,000 criminal aliens have been arrested and charged with over 600,000 criminal offenses within the last seven years."
The Trump administration created the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE), which goals to assist the "victims and families affected by illegal alien crime."
Trump acknowledged that 2,800 victims have already registered to obtain info on their perpetrators.
Trump's remarks come after he signed an government order ending the follow of separating households on the border.
Nevertheless, the commander in chief says his administration will nonetheless pursue a "zero-tolerance" coverage on migrants getting into the nation illegally.
Meanwhile, in California, some angel households have fashioned the grass-roots group Fight Sanctuary State. The group is working to urge state and native authorities to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement brokers as a substitute of defending unlawful immigrants, The Washington Times reviews.
"If we don't kill this in California, it will spread," the paper quoted Drew Rosenberg, who misplaced his son. "It's a death sentence for American law-abiding citizens."